We report the experimental observation of unusual magnetic ordering in a
frustrated magnet SrHo$_{2}$O$_{4}$. The
Ho$^{3+}$ ions in this material form a lattice consisting of
edge-sharing triangles making chains extending along the c direction. The
chains in turn form a honeycomb-like structure in the a-b plane. Despite a
Curie Weiss temperature of -16.9 K, magnetic long range ordering (LRO)
occurs at the much lower Ne\'{e}l temperature (T$_{\mathrm{N}})$ of 0.7 K.
Above T$_{\mathrm{N}}$, single crystal neutron scattering experiments
carried out on MACS(NCNR) shows diffusive patterns of elastic scattering in
momentum space, revealing anisotropic short-range correlation with extended
correlations along the chain direction. Single crystal diffraction
measurement down to 0.3 K at HB1A(ORNL) shows coexistance of a long range
ordering component and a short range ordering one below T$_{\mathrm{N}}$ . A
proper partition of the magnetic lattice allows excellent modeling of the
experimental data, and show that an interplay of frustration, crystal field
effects, and low dimensionality lay behind the deeply suppressed and unusual
partial order in this system.

*Supported by the U.S. DOE, Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering under Award DE-FG02-08ER46544.

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